Herpetology
Lab Personnel

Research
Faculty

Tracey
D. Tuberville (Assistant Research Scientist) Conservation and management
of reptile and amphibian populations; translocation and reintroduction; genetics
as a tool to understanding individual behavior and population dynamics, and landscape
processes

Kurt
A. Buhlmann (Associate Research Scientist) Life history and evolutionary
ecology of herpetofauna, and application to conservation and habitat management;
upland habitat needs of seasonal wetlands herpetofauna; effects of land management;
reintroduction methods; global turtle conservation

J.
Whitfield Gibbons (Professor Emeritus of Ecology, U. of Georgia; Head, SREL
Environmental Outreach Program) Population dynamics and ecology of aquatic
and semi-aquatic vertebrates; factors affecting abundance and distribution of
herpetofauna; application of basic population research to wetland conservation
and environmental impact assessment

Research
Staff

Brian
Metts (Research Professional) Ecology and natural history of herpetofauna;
conservation and management; ecotoxicology; and the effects of anthropogenic activities
on wildlife populations

Judy
Greene (Data Manager) Population dynamics and ecology of freshwater
turtles; natural history and conservation of reptiles and amphibians; biodiversity
of isolated wetlands; maintenance of historical and long term data sets

Students

Outreach
/ Education

J.
Whitfield Gibbons (Professor Emeritus of Ecology, U. of Georgia; Head, SREL
Environmental Outreach Program) Population dynamics and ecology of aquatic
and semi-aquatic vertebrates; factors affecting abundance and distribution of
herpetofauna; application of basic population research to wetland conservation
and environmental impact assessment

Judy
Greene (Data Manager) Population dynamics and ecology of freshwater
turtles; natural history and conservation of reptiles and amphibians; biodiversity
of isolated wetlands; maintenance of historical and long term data sets

Sean
Poppy (Education Program Specialist) K-12 science education; communicating
the value of ecology and conservation to the general public; living zoological
collections as teaching tools

Affiliated
/ Visiting Researchers

Brett
DeGregorio (Ph.D. Student, University of Illinois) Influence of anthropogenic
habitat change on the spatial ecology, habitat selection, and nesting ecology
of herpetofauna; thermal response to habitat modification; causes and consequences
of reptile population dynamics; head-starting as a conservation tool

J.
D. Willson (Past Post-doctoral Research Associate) Population dynamics
in reptiles and amphibians; ecological roles of herpetofauna; reptile and amphibian
conservation; development of field and analytical methods for monitoring herpetofaunal
populations; ecology and control of invasive herpetofauna